The invention relates a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of:(i) the AT 1-
antagonist valsartan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and(ii) a NEP inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and to a method for the treatment or prevention of a condition or diseaseselected from the group consisting of hypertension,
heart failure, such as (acute and chronic) congestive
heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction and
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, diabetic cardiac
myopathy, supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias,
atrial fibrillation,
atrial flutter, detrimental vascular remodeling,
myocardial infarction and its sequelae, atherosclerosis,
angina (whether unstable or stable), renal insufficiency (diabetic and non-diabetic),
heart failure,
angina pectoris, diabetes, secondary aldosteronism, primary and secondary
pulmonary hypertension, renal failure conditions, such as
diabetic nephropathy,
glomerulonephritis, scleroderma,
glomerular sclerosis,
proteinuria of primary renal
disease, and also renal
vascular hypertension,
diabetic retinopathy, the management of other vascular disorders, such as
migraine,
peripheral vascular disease, Raynaud's
disease, luminal
hyperplasia, cognitive dysfunction, such as Alzheimer's,
glaucoma and
stroke, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition to a
mammal in need thereof.